Dear Grump: Maverick, who left when Keiva committed his dastardly deed (along with 40 others)
was our only Welch knowledgeable contributor. I am sure there are dozens of words taken from
Welch that give no clue as to their origin. One that comes to mind is "crowder" an ancient
word for "fiddle player" that I have seen as a family name. I'll look for some more. Thanks for
the suggestion.

PS: here is a URL to Worldwidewords.com that might interest you:

[url]www.quinion.com/words/articles/welsh.htm]/url]